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J. Chowdhury

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Finite $β$ Effects on Short Wavelength Ion Temperature Gradient Modes

The electromagnetic effect is studied on the short wavelength branch of the ion temperature gradient mode in the linear regime for the first time using a global gyrokinetic model. The short wavelength ion temperature gradient mode growth rate is found to be reduced in the presence of electromagnetic perturbations at finite plasma $β$. The effect on real frequency is found to be weak. The threshold value of $η_i$ is found to increase for the mode as the magnitude of $β$ is increased. The global mode structure of the short wavelength branch of the ion temperature gradient mode is compared with the conventional branch. The magnetic character of the mode, measured as the ratio of mode average square values of electromagnetic potential to electrostatic potential, is found to increase with increasing values of the plasma $β$. The mixing length estimate for flux shows that the maximum contribution still comes from the long wavelengths modes. The magnitude of the flux decreases with increasing $β$.

physics.plasm-ph

The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project: System Overview

The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a novel transit radio telescope operating across the 400-800-MHz band. CHIME is comprised of four 20-m x 100-m semi-cylindrical paraboloid reflectors, each of which has 256 dual-polarization feeds suspended along its axis, giving it a >200 square degree field-of-view. This, combined with wide bandwidth, high sensitivity, and a powerful correlator makes CHIME an excellent instrument for the detection of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The CHIME Fast Radio Burst Project (CHIME/FRB) will search beam-formed, high time-and frequency-resolution data in real time for FRBs in the CHIME field-of-view. Here we describe the CHIME/FRB backend, including the real-time FRB search and detection software pipeline as well as the planned offline analyses. We estimate a CHIME/FRB detection rate of 2-42 FRBs/sky/day normalizing to the rate estimated at 1.4-GHz by Vander Wiel et al. (2016). Likely science outcomes of CHIME/FRB are also discussed. CHIME/FRB is currently operational in a commissioning phase, with science operations expected to commence in the latter half of 2018.

astro-ph.IM

Enhancement of persistent current in mesoscopic rings $&$ cylinders : shortest $&$ next possible shortest higher order hopping

We present a detailed study of persistent current and low-field magnetic susceptibility in single isolated normal metal mesoscopic rings and cylinders in the tight-binding model with higher order hopping integral in the Hamiltonian. Our exact calculations show that order of magnitude enhancement of persistent current takes place even in presence of disorder if we include higher order hopping integral in the Hamiltonian. In strictly one-channel mesoscopic rings the sign of the low-field currents can be predicted exactly even in presence of impurity. We observe that perfect rings with both odd and even number of electrons support only diamagnetic currents. On the other hand in the disordered rings, irrespective of realization of the disordered configurations of the ring, we always get diamagnetic currents with odd number of electrons and paramagnetic currents with even number of electrons. In mesoscopic cylinders the sign of the low-field currents can't be predicted exactly since it strongly depends on the total number of electrons, $N_e$, and also on the disordered configurations of the system. From the variation of persistent current amplitude with system size for constant electron density, we conclude that the enhancement of persistent current due to additional higher order hopping integrals are visible only in the mesoscopic regime.

cond-mat.mes-hall

Persistent currents with long-range hopping in 1D single-isolated-diffusive rings

We show from exact calculations that a simple tight-binding Hamiltonian with diagonal disorder and long-range hopping integrals, falling off as a power $μ$ of the inter-site separation, correctly describes the experimentally observed amplitude (close to the value of an ordered ring) and flux-periodicity ($hc/e$) of persistent currents in single-isolated-diffusive normal metal rings of mesoscopic size. Long-range hopping integrals tend to delocalize the electrons even in the presence of disorder resulting orders of magnitude enhancement of persistent current relative to earliar predictions.

cond-mat.mes-hall

On the role of electron correlation and disorder on persistent currents in isolated one-dimensional rings

To understand the role of electron correlation and disorder on persistent currents in isolated 1D rings threaded by magnetic flux $ϕ$, we study the behavior of persistent currents in aperiodic and ordered binary alloy rings. These systems may be regarded as disordered systems with well-defined long-range order so that we do not have to perform any configuration averaging of the physical quantities. We see that in the absence of interaction, disorder suppresses persistent currents by orders of magnitude and also removes its discontinuity as a function of $ϕ$. As we introduce electron correlation, we get enhancement of the currents in certain disordered rings. Quite interestingly we observe that in some cases, electron correlation produces kink-like structures in the persistent current as a function of $ϕ$. This may be considered as anomalous Aharonov-Bohm oscillations of the persistent current and recent experimental observations support such oscillations. We find that the persistent current converges with the size of the rings.

cond-mat.mes-hall

Strange behavior of persistent currents in small Hubbard rings

We show exactly that small Hubbard rings exhibit unusual kink-like structures giving anomalous oscillations in persistent current. Singular behavior of persistent current disappears in some cases. In half-filled systems mobility gradually drops to zero with interaction, while it converges to some finite value in non-half-filled cases.

cond-mat.mes-hall